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Wednesday, JUNE 28, 2017
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EDITOR
Basketball camp a success
By Zach Silva
zsilva@cgsentinel.com
It was a busy second round
of the NBA Draft for players
who had ties to the state of
Oregon.
Coming into the draft, the
big question for Oregon fans
was where would the three
stars from last season’s Final
Four team – Dillon Brooks,
Jordan Bell and Tyler Dorsey
– be drafted.
The answer came early in
the second round when Ya-
hoo’s NBA expert Adrian
Wojnaroski, who was tweet-
ing out each pick before they
were formally announced,
tweeted that Jordan Bell was
being acquired by the 2017
NBA Champion Golden State
Warriors. The Warriors paid
the Chicago Bulls $3.5 mil-
lion for the right to the 38th
pick which landed them Bell.
The dominos quickly start-
ed falling and shooting guard
Dorsey was then picked 41st
pick the Atlanta Hawks.
Shortly after at the 43rd
pick, Isaiah Hartenstein, who
was born and raised in Eu-
gene until he was 11 and then
moved to Germany where he
has played basketball since,
was picked by the Houston
Rockets. Following him was
Damyean Dotson at the 44th
pick who played with Ore-
gon during his freshman and
sophomore years from 2012-
2014 and then transferred to
the University of Houston.
And then fi nally Oregon’s
Brooks, who was the Pac-12
Player of the Year, was picked
by the Houston Rockets with
the 45th pick and was then
promptly traded to the Mem-
phis Grizzlies.
After the draft, Oregon’s
Chris Boucher, who tore his
ACL in the Pac-12 tourna-
ment, signed a two-way con-
tract with the Warriors. This
contract is a new feature in
the latest collective bargain-
ing agreement that begins
July 1st that allows players to
go between the NBA and the
developmental league.
This was the fi rst time since
the draft was shortened to two
rounds that three Ducks were
picked in one year – it also
happened in 1985 when the
draft was seven rounds.
TOURNAMENT
FILLS DRAIN
PHOTO BY JOSH RAINEY
A group of the third through sixth grade basketball campers play a game at camp.
By Zach Silva
zsilva@cgsentinel.com
Last week the boys and girls
basketball teams of Cottage
Grove High School hosted their
annual basketball camps. From
Monday to Thursday upcom-
ing third graders to freshmen
in high school were instructed
by Cottage Grove High School
coaches and players where they
played games, participated in
drills and worked to improve
their basketball skills.
There were 45 girls at the
camp this year which is just
shy of the camp record of 50.
On the boys side, they had a
record number of 70 campers.
“Last year we didn’t have the
best year until the second half
of the year so I think there is
a little bit of excitement going
on and interest in what we are
doing,” said girls head coach
Kevin Yoss.
Both Kevin Yoss and his
son Jordan Yoss, who was in
charge of the boys camp and is
currently a fi nalist for the boys
head coaching position at Cot-
tage Grove High School, noted
that a big part of the high turn-
out rate was because each stu-
dent in the South Lane School
District received both a hand-
out and a call home about the
upcoming camp.
The camp itself featured a
variety of activities and drills.
From team competitions, speed
shooting drills and a one-on-
PHOTO BY ZACH SILVA/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
one tournament, the camp was
driven by fun and improve-
ment.
“We’ve been focusing a lot
on fundamentals and you can
see the kids getting better,”
said Brandon Yoss. “So much
better by day three or four than
they were day one coming in so
that’s really good to see.”
And while basketball has
become a sport driven by long-
range three pointers, Brandon
Yoss was still certain that there
is a place for campers who
are not yet high profi le play-
ers such as Stephen Curry or
Lonzo Ball.
“We’re trying to get kids to
work on the fundamentals of
their form. They’re still going
to be shooting threes and we
see that still but they’re work-
ing on their game,” said Bran-
don Yoss. “They’re buying in
to what we are saying and be-
ing coachable.”
While the camp was viewed
as a success, soon-to-be-senior
and varsity basketball player
Emma Fain is not yet ready for
basketball to come to an end.
“When I was growing up,
I went to [camp] too and I
looked up to all the counselors
and I thought it was amazing
and wanted to do it too. And
here I am,” said Fain. “I’ve
played basketball almost my
entire life so to think that…
this is my last time doing camp
that makes me really sad.”
The Duck is coming to
the Cottage Grove Senti-
nel. Sort of.
Zach Silva will be join-
ing The Sentinel for the
June 28 edition after com-
pleting a degree in both
journalism and education
foundations at the Univer-
sity of Oregon where he
also served as the school’s
mascot. Silva will be re-
placing Sam Wright who
left The Sentinel in March
of this year.
“I’ve always liked Ore-
gon and being in Oregon
is important to me,” said
Silva. “Being able to write
about sports and education
at the same spot is an ex-
citing opportunity.”
Silva is a graduate of
Marist High School and
former high school athlete.
“It was important to
us when we were going
through the hiring process
to fi nd someone interested
in telling small town sto-
ries and devoting them-
selves to engaging with the
community,” said Sentinel
Editor Caitlyn May. “We
think Zach’s going to fi t in
fi ne and do well.”
Silva will cover South
Lane and North Douglas
sports as well as the South
Lane School District and
community events.
This week’s athletes of the week
is the group of sixth to eighth grade
girls that won the team champion-
ship at Cottage Grove’s basketball
camp. The group consists of (from
left to right) Kourtney, Matty, Keara,
Haylee, Lauren and Bella. Through-
out the week of camp this group of
girls reigned supreme on the court
and were crowned champions on
Thursday.
Athletes of the
Week
Wings & Wheels brings in a crowd
By Zach Silva
zsilva@cgsentinel.com
A baseball and softball
tournament fi lled the town of
Drain this weekend. With 64
teams across eight divisions,
the four fi elds that were used
were kept busy throughout
the weekend. Local teams
came to the tournament from
across Lane and Douglas
counties.
“The amount of people
about doubled the population
of Drain,” said Bryan Cool
who helped with the tourna-
ment.
To keep cool between
games, players and young-
er siblings enjoyed getting
sprayed by the hoses that
were there to water the fi eld
and swimming in the Drain
pool which was located cen-
trally between the fi elds.
By Zach Silva
zsilva@cgsentinel.com
PHOTO BY ZACH SILVA/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
James Beranek tries to stay cool under the wing of his plane from 1947 at Wings & Wheels on Saturday at the
Oregon Aviation History Center.
Despite the heat getting into the triple digits, it did not stop peo-
ple from coming out to the Oregon Aviation History Center to see
a wide variety of planes, cars and bikes for the 4th annual Wings &
Wheels event put on by the Oregon Aviation Historic Center. This
year nearly 400 people stopped by throughout the day which was
up from 250 last year.
The stars of the show, as always, were the planes, cars and bikes.
There were 20 different aircrafts, 30 vehicles, 10 motorcycles and a
set of old-fashioned trail bikes. There was a vehicle for seemingly
all preferences.
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